Tick risk in Charles County, Maryland
Charles County covers 3 towns and carries the 20th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Maryland's 22 counties, with a Lyme rate of 21 cases per 100,000 people a year (123rd of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, American dog tick, and Lone star tick as established here. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Charles County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Charles County runs from Port Tobacco Village (moderate) at the high end to La Plata (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 65% to 80%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Port Tobacco VillageModerate risk
- Indian HeadModerate risk
- La PlataModerate risk
Tick species in Charles County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Charles County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
No CDC tick-testing records for Charles County. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.
Tick control in Charles County, MD
Professional tick control across Charles County usually means a barrier treatment along the lawn edge, leaf litter, stone walls, and shady borders where ticks wait for a host, applied two to four times a season by a licensed pest control company. It is the single most effective way to cut tick numbers in the part of the yard your family actually uses, and it matters most in Charles County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Charles County?
Most Charles County homeowners pay about $100 to $200 per visit for professional tick spraying, or roughly $350 to $600 for a full season of barrier treatments, depending on lot size and how wooded the property is. Quotes are free, so it costs nothing to get a real number for your yard.
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Common questions about ticks in Charles County
Which towns in Charles County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Port Tobacco Village carries the highest modeled tick risk in Charles County, followed by Indian Head, La Plata. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Charles County ranges from 65% to 80%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. La Plata sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Charles County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Charles County: Deer tick, American dog tick, Lone star tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease in the Northeast. "Not established" for a species means there is no CDC surveillance record for the county, not that the tick is absent.
Is Lyme disease common in Charles County?
Charles County reports about 21 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 123rd-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 20th-highest of Maryland's 22 counties. Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.
All towns in Charles County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.